Mindless vandalism

Photo: STAR

Again five BNP men were killed this time by the running train, not by the lathi and oar wielding AL cadres. The criminal train was unable to go off scot-free, because the mob was overwhelming in number and the revenge was quick.
I felt like the burning train was burning my hope for a better future characterised by sanity and love for the country. There is no excuse for this vandalism. When will we, the wretched Bengalis, come to sense?

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Following a train accident in Sirajganj on October 11, an angry mob torched the train. Those who destroyed the state property were none but miscreants. And we do not want the innocent people to be killed any more. The ruling party or the opposition has no right to kill the innocents and destroy state property. We always expect them to work together for the betterment of the nation.
Habibur Rashid Ismail
Chittagong

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This is another heart-rending picture of our politics. The comments of the high commands of both AL and BNP about this incident are almost the same traditional reiterations that we have been habituated to read in the national dailies, and we consider it our fate.
How long will our lives be hostage to a few hooligans of the political parties?
Mobarak Ali
Gopibag, Dhaka